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Hello! Welcome to my blog. My name is Marianne and I live in Melbourne with my husband and our very fluffy cat, Babycat. (Who, at 7 years old, is hardly a kitten anymore but she will always be our baby!) I grew up in London and moved to Melbourne aged 22 for adventure and for love, which turned out to be a great idea as we are now happily married. I love vintage, especially the 1930s to the 1950s, and can skip happily over some of the 1960s to enjoy lots of that beautiful and otherworldly 1970s stuff. Here I write about my life in Melbourne and the things that interest me: clothes (especially of the vintage kind), beauty, makeup, food, interiors, travel, books, films (old ones please), going out, staying home, cocktails in bars, dinners in restaurants, breakfasts in cafes, walking in parks, biking down backstreets, taking photographs in conspicuous places, drinking coffee in bed, my endless love of platform shoes, and sometimes cats, too.

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Monday, 16 June 2014

floral skirts and wolf pups

A few weeks ago I was sent this amazing skirt from Estelle, a charming and very talented Melbourne designer of Micky In The Van, who I have come to know via bloggy-land over the past year and who also has one of the most incredible senses of style around town, which you can see on her instagram. I love what she does!

I don't go shopping, as in bricks-and-mortar-in-the-real-world kind, very often at all so it is nice to meet someone who runs a local, independent shop and has their own label, too. I always love to find out who's behind these creative things. (She also ran the fashion event that I missed last week that I really wanted to see, at her shop in Ivanhoe).

I thought it would be fun to take some photos of the skirt in front of a wall of greenery, so off I went to the woods (ok, the local creek, which, to be fair, is surrounded by some rather lush trees and grass) and, you know, just pose with this wolf pup here..!

As much as I would like to have a bebe direwolf to do hangs with of an afternoon, this was just an amazing bit of timing. Someone walking some dogs, including this one, walked by me and my tripod, and we got talking. I asked if wolfy dog Dee here would like to be in the picture and her walker agreed. Could Dee fit into it all any better?! She seemed to enjoy being in front of the camera, even sitting down and doing some howls. Every now and then a bit of luck happens. It's a great thing.
Estelle also sent me the matching jacket which I can't wait to wear, too. I love the floral print and the muted colours, perfect for Autumn (I just scraped in timing wise for that!) and winter, and our cold Melbourne spring. They are both such bold shapes, too. Looking forward to showing you the jacket! Wolf pup optional :)

Love your outfit! The skirt is fabulous. I love it when you find a piece of clothing that is just like no other in it's greatness! There are some items I own that I can't help but wear constantly because they are just so unique! And great timing too - the dog just creates a magic scene in your photograph! Much love

This skirt is ever so beautiful, just love it so :)) Perfect in the woods with the sweet dog, so lovely posing with you!! It would be too hot for a skirt like this just now, but crazy me would wear it any ways, ha!! I hope you have a great week :) xx

That dog is adorable, lucky you snagging her for a photo! It looks like she's very well trained, my old dog would have been getting muddy paw prints all over your beautiful skirt.CheersJessica, cakesandcakesvintage.blogspot.com